The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17


much thereof as will not exceed So, 900 |
per mile, and shall deliver said bonds |
when so executed, to the president of |
said railroad company or his order.
Said railroad company shall at the
same time it receives said bonds, make
out. execute under the seal of said rail-
road company and deliver or tender to
the treasurer of said county, in the
name Of and for the benefit of said
county, certificates of full paid stock of
the capital stock of said railroad COM
pany, in an amount equal to the amount
of the bonds of said Lyon county. so
received by it dollar for dollar in ex-
change therefor and in consideration
thereof.
Provided, That no portion of said line
of railroad, from Kansas City, Kansas,
to the said city of Emporia, shall be
leased and operated by any railroad
company now owning or operating any
existing line of railroad in said county.
/ The ballot to be used at such special
election for and against the proposition
to take stock and issue bonds therefor
as above received, shall be in the fol-
lowing form, to-wit:
The ballot in favor of such proposition
shall contain these words: For the Rail
road Stock and Bonds of the Emporia,
Winfield & Fort Smith Railroad Com
pany. And the ballots against such
proposition shall contain these words:
Against the Railroad Stock and Bonds
of the Emporia, Winfield & Fort Smith
Railroad Company, and your petition
ers will ever pray.
Now therefore, pursuant to the prayer
of said petition, and in compliance with
the laws of the state of Kansas, IN such
cases made and provided, it is decreed
and ordered by the said board of county
commissioners, that the prayer of said
petition be and the same is hereby
granted; and that the special election
| to be held IL Lyon county, Kansas, at
the usual voting places of holding cleo
lions therefor on the 18th day OF March,
A. D. 1887:
And that thirty days notice be gwen
of such election by the sheriff of said
Lyon county, as hereinafter provided,
and at said election the proposition as
set forth in said petition, shall be sub
| mitted to the qualified voters of said
| county, and in case such proposition
| shall be carried at said election, and
| shall be determined in the Affirmative
| by a canvass of the votes cast at said
| election; the board of county commits
sioners of Lyon county, forthwith and
without delay, shall make an order au-
thorizing and directing the county clerk
of said county, in the name of and for
/ the benefit of said county, to make such
subscription of stock in the name of and
for the benefit of said county to the
| amount of $50. 10000, or so much thereof
| as will not exceed IS 100000 per mile, to
the capital stock of the said The En-
poria, Winfield & Fort Smith Railroad
company upon the terms and conditions
stated in said petition. And the said
board of county commissioners of said
Lyon county shall, at the time herein
after mentioned, cause said bonds, with
interest coupons attach, to be made and
executed in the name of said Lyon
county, to be signed by the chairman of
the board of county commissioners of
said county and attested by the county
clerk of said county, under the seal of
said county; and said bonds shall be
payable to the said The EmpOria, Win
field and Fort Smith Railroad company
or bearer, and shall deliver said bonds,
when so executed, to the president
of said railroad company. or to his
order, to the amount of $75, 900. 90
or not exceeding So, 10000 per mile, as
follows; that is to say, when said rail-
road company have built and completed
its said line of railroad from connec-
ton of the proposed railroad of the
Kansas, Colorado & Texas railroad at
or near Americas city in said county,
and from thence to the said city of En-
poria, with trains running thereon,
and the same being a continuous line
from Kansas City, Kansas, and within
the incorporate limits thereof, and shall
have constructed a suitable freight and
passenger depot within the incorporate
| limits of the said city of Emporia, as
herein provided;
Then the said board of county COM
missioneTS of said county shall cause said
bonds to be issued as the law directs,
of the denomination and on the terms
and conditions in said petition stated
and subscribed to the amount of $751;
10000, or so much thereof as will not
exceed So, 10000 per mile of main line
not including side-tracks:
| And shall deliver said bonds, when
so executed to the president of said
railway company, or his order, provided
that said railroad company shall, at
the same time it receives said bonds
make out, execute under the seal OF
said railroad company and deliver OF
tender to the county treasurer OF sad
| Lyon county in the same name of and
for the benefit of said Lyon county,
certificates of full paid stock of said
railroad company in an amount equal
to the amount of said bonds SO received
by it, dollar for dollar in exchange
therefor and in consideration thereof.
The ballots to be used at such specia
election for and against the proposition
, to take stock and issue bonds therefor
q
ing form, to-wit: The ballots in favol
of such proposition shall contain these
words:-''For the railroad stock anC
bonds of the Emporia, Winfield Il Fl
Smith railroad company" and the
ballots against such proposition shall
contain these words:-''AgainSt the
railroad stock and bonds of the Emporia
Winfield 81 Fl. Smith railroad com
! pany."
And it is further ordered that the
sheriff of Lyon county make due proc
lamation of the holding of said election
to the voters of said Lyon county, Of
the time and place of the holding there
of, by publishing the same for at leas
thirty days next preceding the time o.
holding the said election, as required BY
law, in the Emporia REPUBLICAN. {
poria, in said Lyon county, and Of gen
eral circulation in said county.
And that in said publication, he Sc
! forth in the foregoing order, the pro
ceedings of the board of county com
. missioners of said Lyon county, in full
Done by the board of county commits
sioners of Lyon county in the state o
Kansas, at the court house in the cit,
of Emporia, in the said county this 15tl
, day of February, 1887.
T. E. MCMILLAN,
WIN. FLICKINGER,
j. S. GRIMsLEY,
Board of County Commissioners of Lyol
County, Kansas.
1Attest1 ROLAND LAKIN,
County Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS, Sc
Il COUNTY OF LYON.
/, Roland Lakin. clerk of said LyoI
|; county, Kansas, do hereby certify tina
the above and foregoing is full, tru
and correct copy of the order of tn
board of county commissioners, of SAT-
county, concerning the matters therein
) contained, duly made and caused to b
entered of record in my Office, as sucl
county clerk, on this fifteenth day o
: February. A. ID. 1897, as the same nov
appears of record In my Office.
In witness whereof have hereuntt
!, subscribed my name and affixed thu
seal of said county, this 18th day o.
February A. y. 1887.
[sEAL ROLAND LAKIN,
County Clerk of Lyon County, Kansas
STATE OF KASsAs, SIS
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